Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 122578.015 - Employee lacerates face when struck by saw during kick back

Accident Summary Nr: 122578.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 12/11/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1451773.015	12/11/2019		238910	Slowey Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on December 11, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a site preparation contractor was working at a commercial building project site. The employee was using a Stihl TS 500i cut-off saw equipped with a Husqvarna HI8 diamond blade to cut 16-inch diameter Reinforced Concrete Pipe (RCP). The terminal ends of the pipe were flexing causing the blade became pinched due to the tension on the pipe. This caused the saw to kick back and strike the employee in the face. The employee was hospitalized to treat a facial laceration and nerve damage and required 100 stitches.

Keywords: Commercial Building, Concrete Pipe, Construction, Cutting, Face, Hand Tool, Kick Back, Laborer, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Nerve damage, Pinched, Pipe, Saw, Sawblade, Site Preparation , Struck By, Tension

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1451773.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Trenching, installing pipe Fatality Cause:

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